by hanshan » Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:18 pm
<br><br>hey, <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>emad</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->, tx<br><br>those are either ginspots & or the beginnings of <br>Hansen's disease;parchment hands, however, are little <br>impediment to hoisting the G&T's.<br><br>If the ivories were any greener they <br>would rival Mao's...heh<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>This is a far cry from the days of Chairman Mao, who was reputed never to have brushed his teeth, believing a simple rinse of tea would do the trick.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2102-1626700,00.html" target="top">www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2102-1626700,00.html</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mao.html" target="top">www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mao.html</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>here's a quote from the review of Jung Chang's book<br>from Aussiegirl: <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"As to living in a cave in Yenan, Mao always lived the life of complete luxury. Wherever he went, his forces always confiscated the most luxurious homes of the wealthy for Mao’s personal use, and immediately, new quarters that were bombproof and completely isolated were built in grandiose fashion, should Mao need to retreat to them. At Yenan, where useful idiots like Snow and Agnes Smedley saw Mao in what was purportedly his cave, they did not know that Mao actually lived in a mansion in Phoneix Village, with a giant courtyard, decorated walls and central wall heating. He also moved soon to Yang Hill, in a mansion of the KGB compound called the Date Garden. Behind both of these residences Mao had built secret secure compounds for himself and his immediate staff. There, in addition, he had at his disposal glamorous educated young women, procured to service his sexual needs." I also read somewhere that he had very bad teeth that smelled terrible, which must have been a real turn-off for all these women! (Of course, I doubt that they were foolish enough to interrupt his wooing with a chat about proper dental hygiene.) </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Compare to Lucien Freud's portrait:<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.tinmangallery.com/portraits/queenFreud/freud_queen.png " style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>& emad</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> - would you bring back the David Lee comment in context? Very funny<br><br><br>... <p></p><i></i>
